the power to stop time

[marbatico]

i was wondering, since we can make time go ridiculously fast, would it be possible to stop it? this would be great for taking screenshots with the free camera.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Might be possible, but I suspect the camera might not move anymore if you do.

 

[marbatico]

shame, that would make for some awesome ship-to-ship combat screenies.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I just did a quick test by executing this through the console:

SetTimeScale(0.0);

This makes the whole game come to a complete stop, but you cannot move the camera anymore and things do look weird, especially the sails.
What might work better is to just make the game run VERY slow:

SetTimeScale(0.1);

The camera is also very slow, but once you've found a good angle, you can use it to better time your screenshot.
I hope this helps and you'll be able to make some nice screenies! If you do, we can post them on the ModDB also.

 

[marbatico]

how do i make that console pop up?

 

[Captain Maggee]

The console is a file called console.c in the PROGRAM directory. Hitting F12 executes it

 

[marbatico]

thanks captain!